Population in Brunei compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Brunei and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Brunei	Sri Lanka	Brunei	Sri Lanka
1960	88,347	9,661,389	-	-
1961	92,517	9,899,372	4.72%	2.46%
1962	96,719	10,143,754	4.54%	2.47%
1963	101,159	10,395,040	4.59%	2.48%
1964	105,922	10,653,397	4.71%	2.49%
1965	110,838	10,916,965	4.64%	2.47%
1966	115,874	11,183,928	4.54%	2.45%
1967	121,017	11,457,328	4.44%	2.44%
1968	126,222	11,736,088	4.3%	2.43%
1969	131,446	12,013,858	4.14%	2.37%
1970	135,138	12,287,110	2.81%	2.27%
1971	137,921	12,551,910	2.06%	2.16%
1972	142,189	12,809,205	3.09%	2.05%
1973	147,369	13,060,916	3.64%	1.97%
1974	152,656	13,305,693	3.59%	1.87%
1975	158,070	13,548,984	3.55%	1.83%
1976	163,607	13,796,770	3.5%	1.83%
1977	169,277	14,049,371	3.47%	1.83%
1978	174,884	14,310,128	3.31%	1.86%
1979	180,422	14,579,614	3.17%	1.88%
1980	186,111	14,847,974	3.15%	1.84%
1981	191,977	15,099,414	3.15%	1.69%
1982	198,165	15,286,567	3.22%	1.24%
1983	204,741	15,388,794	3.32%	0.67%
1984	211,661	15,441,860	3.38%	0.34%
1985	218,919	15,544,154	3.43%	0.66%
1986	226,495	15,731,256	3.46%	1.2%
1987	233,860	15,916,576	3.25%	1.18%
1988	240,913	16,078,621	3.02%	1.02%
1989	248,064	16,248,557	2.97%	1.06%
1990	255,292	16,352,458	2.91%	0.64%
1991	262,596	16,475,354	2.86%	0.75%
1992	269,839	16,739,284	2.76%	1.6%
1993	276,971	17,025,918	2.64%	1.71%
1994	284,091	17,275,773	2.57%	1.47%
1995	291,195	17,564,068	2.5%	1.67%
1996	298,276	17,905,018	2.43%	1.94%
1997	305,341	18,248,200	2.37%	1.92%
1998	312,385	18,596,003	2.31%	1.91%
1999	319,411	18,944,731	2.25%	1.88%
2000	326,424	19,293,054	2.2%	1.84%
2001	333,345	19,600,362	2.12%	1.59%
2002	340,099	19,805,752	2.03%	1.05%
2003	346,637	19,951,521	1.92%	0.74%
2004	352,911	20,087,605	1.81%	0.68%
2005	358,916	20,216,524	1.7%	0.64%
2006	364,663	20,352,411	1.6%	0.67%
2007	370,873	20,492,545	1.7%	0.69%
2008	377,793	20,629,378	1.87%	0.67%
2009	384,952	20,756,435	1.89%	0.62%
2010	392,332	20,879,089	1.92%	0.59%
2011	399,389	21,009,048	1.8%	0.62%
2012	405,557	21,169,458	1.54%	0.76%
2013	411,202	20,585,000	1.39%	-2.76%
2014	416,750	20,778,000	1.35%	0.94%
2015	422,212	20,970,000	1.31%	0.92%
2016	427,564	21,209,000	1.27%	1.14%
2017	432,772	21,453,000	1.22%	1.15%
2018	437,810	21,670,000	1.16%	1.01%
2019	442,680	21,803,000	1.11%	0.61%
2020	447,404	21,919,000	1.07%	0.53%
2021	451,721	22,156,000	0.96%	1.08%
2022	455,370	22,181,000	0.81%	0.11%
2023	458,949	22,037,000	0.79%	-0.65%
2024	462,721	21,916,000	0.82%	-0.55%
2025	466,324	22,035,440	0.78%	0.54%
2026	469,766	22,148,172	0.74%	0.51%
2027	473,148	22,255,601	0.72%	0.49%
2028	476,428	22,357,682	0.69%	0.46%
2029	479,491	22,453,922	0.64%	0.43%
2030	482,438	22,546,245	0.61%	0.41%
2031	485,308	22,635,106	0.59%	0.39%
2032	487,943	22,720,118	0.54%	0.38%
2033	490,424	22,802,043	0.51%	0.36%
2034	492,887	22,879,527	0.5%	0.34%
2035	495,286	22,952,739	0.49%	0.32%
2036	497,544	23,022,027	0.46%	0.3%
2037	499,693	23,088,877	0.43%	0.29%
2038	501,910	23,152,480	0.44%	0.28%
2039	504,061	23,211,633	0.43%	0.26%
2040	505,968	23,265,986	0.38%	0.23%
2041	507,800	23,315,260	0.36%	0.21%
2042	509,531	23,359,578	0.34%	0.19%
2043	511,124	23,398,752	0.31%	0.17%
2044	512,586	23,433,096	0.29%	0.15%
2045	514,047	23,464,943	0.29%	0.14%
2046	515,409	23,492,738	0.26%	0.12%
2047	516,596	23,512,629	0.23%	0.08%
2048	517,693	23,525,953	0.21%	0.06%
2049	518,684	23,533,940	0.19%	0.03%
2050	519,542	23,538,230	0.17%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Brunei increased by 62,901 people (a 17.2% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Brunei gained 42,238 (a 9.88% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 940,346 (a 4.43% growth).

Brunei was ranked 169th most populous country in 2006 and is 170th in 2026. Sri Lanka was ranked 55th in 2006 and ranked 63rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Brunei's population will grow by 10.6% to 519,542 people with a rank change from 170th to 171st. The population of Sri Lanka will increase by 6.27% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.